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Data Availability & Durability
Deployment Model
Ease of Setup and Use
Risk Category
Specific Needs
Campus Support
Title Data Durability Deployment Model Ease of Setup and Use Risk Category Specific Needs Intended Market Cost Data Performance & Limits Campus Support
AWS S3 Glacier Archive Exceptional Cloud Assistance Needed Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive Professionals

If you are new to AWS, you can use the AWS Pricing Calculator to learn about cost before you submit your request and start to use your new account.
  • <12 hr for standard retrieval
  • <48 hr for bulk retrieval
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • UIT Account Provisioning Support
  • UIT Professional Services Support
AWS S3 Object Storage Exceptional Hybrid Cloud & Campus Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive Professionals

If you are new to AWS, you can use the AWS Pricing Calculator to learn about cost before you submit your request and start to use your new account.
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • UIT Account Provisioning Support
  • UIT Professional Services Support
Azure Blob Storage Exceptional Hybrid Cloud & Campus Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Professionals
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • UIT Account Provisioning Support
  • UIT Professional Services Support
BaRS (Backup and Recovery Service) Exceptional Cloud Assistance Needed Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive Professionals, Consumers

View backup and recovery rates
  • UIT Professional Services Support
Google Cloud Platform Cloud Storage Exceptional Cloud Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive Professionals

Use the GCP Price Calculator to understand estimated cost. (Note the university discount negotiated between Google and Stanford is not applied in this calculator.)
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • UIT Account Provisioning Support
  • UIT Professional Services Support
Google Drive High Cloud Easy Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Collaboration Consumers
  • High speed and performance
  • Limited to upload of 750 GB / day
  • Limited to 400,000 files and folders / Shared drive
  • Vendor Support
  • CRC Desktop Support
Microsoft 365 OneDrive High Cloud Easy Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Collaboration Consumers

Currently free. However, due to changes announced by Microsoft, the service will see storage limits that align with Google Drive at a future date.
  • High speed and performance
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • CRC Desktop Support
Research Computing Oak Storage Moderate On Campus Moderate Low & Moderate Professionals

See Oak Storage rates for more details
  • Performant if accessed from Sherlock or SCG cluster
  • Slower if over NFS, Samba
  • Limited to 1.5 million files per 10 TB
  • UIT Professional Services Support
UIT File Storage High Hybrid Cloud & Campus Easy Low & Moderate High Professionals, Consumers

See Storage Rates webpage for pricing details
  • UIT Professional Services Support
UIT Media Storage High Hybrid Cloud & Campus Assistance Needed Low & Moderate High Video Editing Professionals
UIT Secure File Storage High Hybrid Cloud & Campus Easy Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Professionals

See Storage Rates webpage for pricing details
UIT Server Disk Storage High Hybrid Cloud & Campus Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Professionals

See Storage Rates webpage for pricing details
  • UIT Professional Services Support
Wasabi Cloud Storage Exceptional Cloud Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive Professionals

See Storage Rates webpage for pricing details
  • Value-oriented and high-performance